Vogue Paris Original 1311: 1960s Uncut Bohan Dior Dress Sz 34 B Vintage Sewing Pattern
Original circa 1964 Vogue Paris Original Pattern No. 1311 by Christian Dior - One-Piece Dress and Jacket
Original circa 1964 Vogue Paris Original Pattern No. 1311, licensed from Christian Dior (Marc Bohan). A slender dress with a square, notched neckline and boned underbodice can be worn alone with bracelet-length kimono sleeves or sleeveless, or paired with its own structured, three-quarter-sleeve jacket for a complete, tailored look. Factory Folded and Unused.
Quick Facts
- Pattern Number: Vogue Paris Original No. 1311
- Designer: Christian Dior (Marc Bohan)
- Year: Circa 1964
- Garment: One-Piece Dress and Jacket
- Size: 14 (34" Bust, 36" Hip)
- Condition: Factory Folded and Unused
Design
Three views built on one slender foundation. The dress itself carries a boned underbodice beneath a squared, notched neckline - real structure doing real work under the fabric, not just decoration. View A completes the look with its own fitted, three-quarter-sleeve jacket, turning the dress into a tailored two-piece ensemble. Worn alone, the dress takes bracelet-length kimono sleeves or goes sleeveless. View B renders the same silhouette in bold black-and-white color-blocking, the one place this pattern gestures toward the graphic boldness on fashion's horizon.
A Moment in Fashion History
By 1964, Christian Dior's house - by then under Marc Bohan's direction - was still building garments the old way: boned understructure, precise seaming, a jacket cut to match its dress exactly. Vogue Paris Original 1311 is polish in the most literal sense, engineered rather than merely styled. Only View B's stark color-blocking breaks from that restraint, a single hint that fashion's coming graphic, youth-driven boldness was already knocking at couture's door - even as the rest of the pattern stayed firmly on the side of structure and refinement.
Illustration
The envelope's main image is an original fashion photograph taken at the House of Dior in Paris; the pattern's own line art for Views B and C has been digitally restored and enhanced by Judy Yates to highlight the original artwork while preserving the character of this historic Vogue Paris Original envelope.
Connections
This pattern shows how a couture house like Dior carried structured, boned tailoring into the 1960s - its notched square neckline and matching jacket holding onto polish even as one view's bold color-blocking hints at the graphic boldness ahead. Explore our ongoing exhibits showcasing Vogue's fashion-forward offerings for home sewing, Always in Vogue, and the elegant hinge between two eras, Pillbox and Polish.
